Information You Send
A name, phone number, or address entered into a search form is sent to the third-party provider that supplies the result. Branford Residents Directory does not keep a copy of that search. If you contact us, the mailbox receives the contents of your message and uses them to answer you.
Routine Technical Data
Hosting systems may record standard logs such as IP address, browser type, pages visited, and time stamps. They are reviewed in aggregate for reliability and traffic patterns. Basic analytics or advertising measurement may use cookies or similar tools where those services apply.
How That Data Is Used
The purposes are site operation, troubleshooting, aggregate traffic measurement, and page improvement. Visitor lists are not sold, and individual user profiles are not built here.
Links Beyond Branford Residents Directory
Pages link to Connecticut and municipal records portals, Blackstone collections, archives, and third-party search tools. Information submitted on those services is governed by their policies. Sponsored search results are supplied by a separate provider and have the same boundary.
Who May Process It
Hosting and technical service providers may handle the server logs described above. Analytics or advertising partners may receive the limited automatic data used by their services. Disclosure occurs when valid legal process requires it, or when needed to operate the service.
Security and Retention
The site uses an encrypted connection, and logs are retained only for the purposes described above. There are no user accounts, passwords, or personal profiles stored on the site.
Children
The reference is intended for adults and is not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. Contact us if you believe a minor sent information, and we will review and delete it when appropriate.
Your Connecticut Privacy Choices
The Connecticut Data Privacy Act describes rights that can include access, correction, deletion, portability, and opt-outs from sale, targeted advertising, and certain profiling, subject to its scope and exemptions. Because this reference retains very little, a request normally means checking the contact mailbox and applicable logs. Use the Contact page to ask. Public records held by Connecticut, New Haven County, Branford, or another custodian are outside this site’s control; correction or removal questions go to the office that maintains the record. The Connecticut Attorney General’s CTDPA information is the current state reference.
Policy Changes
Revisions will appear on this page. Continued use after a revision indicates acceptance of the updated policy.